Parents & Educators
Impact of Viewing
Sexually Explicit Material

Increased Access to Sexually Explicit Content

Today, children have tremendous access to information via the Internet, television, music videos, advertisements, and other emerging technologies. Never before have parents and professionals been more concerned about children’s exposure to sexually explicit material and the impacts on their healthy sexual development. Much of the messaging in current pop culture promotes the normalization of harmful sexual behaviour.

 
  Introduction
  Increased Access to Sexually Explicit Content
What Does the Research Tell Us?
How are children exposed to sexually explicit content?
What are possible impacts of overexposure to sexually
explicit content?
What Can Parents Do?
  Online Supervision
  Open Communication
 
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